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Hell yes. At first he said he wasn't interested, but today Barney Frank
wants to be interim Senator from MA until the special election.
Frank said that the fiscal cliff deal that passed the House of
Representatives earlier this week and set the stage for a return to the
same legislative fight in a matter of months "means that February, March
and April are going to be among the most important months" for the American
economy. The outspoken Democrat indicated he would only hold the seat until
the statewide special election and has no designs of carving out a career
in the Senate, but... more »

Grand
Chief Murray Clearsky's letter to President Obama
President Barak ObamaUnited States of AmericaThe White House1600
Pennsylvania AvenueWashington, DC 20500Dear President Obama,RE: Idle No
More – Canadian Indian Democratic movementAs the Grand Chief of the
Southern Chiefs Organization in Manitoba, Canada, it is my honor to
extend to you our heartfelt congratulations on your successful

*"Belief vs. Fantasy"*
Which one is real and why?
by MYei5
"When we are looking at the way we view the world, it is important to know
if that view is from belief or from fantasy. As we have previously spoken
about the topic of beliefs, how many of you are even really living by
genuine beliefs or are you actually living from fantasy? If you don’t know
the entire scope it is possible that your world is a world of ideals. An
ideal is a difficult thing to discuss sometimes because ideals are based on
concepts and concepts do not always consider all factors. Once we consider
all of w... more »

After a - well, let's say *tumultuous* - year Southern Son has elected to
head north and live with his mother for a time. Southern Man and Southern
Grandparents agree that this is a Good Thing.
This also means that, as of today, none of Southern Man's children live in
the same state as he. And that will be...different.

World Socialist Web Site
Eric London
A federal district court judge in California last week denied a motion by
Obama administration lawyers to dismiss a legal challenge to the “no-fly”
list brought by a young Malaysian woman, Rahinah Ibrahim.
Ibrahim, at the time a Stanford University Ph.D. candidate, was detained at
San Francisco International Airport on January 2, 2005 when she and her
daughter attempted to board a flight to her home country. She was intending
to fly home to present her doctoral research at a conference sponsored by
Stanford. Ibrahim was subjected to harsh treatm... more »

*"Everything We Tell Ourselves About *
*America and the World Is Wrong"*
By Charles Eisenstein
"Every culture has a Story of the People to give meaning to the world. Part
conscious and part unconscious, it consists of a matrix of agreements,
narratives, and symbols that tell us why we are here, where we are headed,
what is important, and even what is real. I think we are entering a new
phase in the dissolution of our Story of the People, and therefore, with
some lag time, of the edifice of civilization built on top of it.
Sometimes I feel intense nostalgia for the cultural myth... more »

Middle-class workers will take a bigger hit to their income proportionately
than those earning between $200,000 and $500,000 under the new fiscal cliff
deal, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
Earners in the latter group will pay an average 1.3 percent more - or an
additional $2,711 - in taxes this year, while workers making between
$30,000 and $200,000 will see their paychecks shrink by as much as 1.7
percent - or up to $1,784 - the D.C.-based think tank reported.
Overall, nearly 80 percent of households will pay more money to the federal
government as a result of th... more »

*'YOU MA'AM HAVE OVERSTEPPED A LINE': JOSHUA BOSTON'S LETTER*
Senator Dianne Feinstein,
I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not
believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it
prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group
of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime.
You ma’am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine
Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the
evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I ma... more »

A drunken passenger on a New York-bound intercontinental flight was
duct-taped to his seat by his fellow passengers after attacking one
woman
and screaming the plane was going to crash.
Passenger Andy Ellwood, who took a photo of the man restrained, wrote an
account of the incident on his Tumblr page.
'(Passenger) drank all of his duty free liquor on the flight from
Iceland
to JFK yesterday,' Ellwood wrote.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257281/The-moment-drunken-passenger-taped-seat-flight-New-York-trying-choke-woman-ranting-plane-going-crash.html

There are half a dozen ongoing missions to the solar system. 2012 was a
good year for space exploration. A number of interesting things have been
discovered.
The solar system is chock full of organic material. Curiosity is homing in on
definitive evidence of native Martian organics. MESSENGER has found remote
evidence of organic material like tar in the shady polar nooks of Mercury
(see picture). We are coming to know more about the methane cycle on Titan.
The other search is for water. People are a lot surer about the existence
of water in the solar system. There is a mountain-s... more »

Nazi chief Hermann Goering plotted to attack New York in a bizarre plot
involving a manned space rocket dropping a dirty bomb over the Manhattan
skyline.
Vying for Hitler's attention, the head of the German air-force, Hermann
Goering, set up a lab and a team of leading scientists to explore the
possibility of the radioactive attack on American soil.
Goering read the work of maverick Austrian engineer, Eugen Saenger and
particularly his belief that a space plane could be built.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256953/Nazis-secretly-developed-plot-drop-radioactive-bomb-New-Y... more »

On
January 29, Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer go from being two
podcastersI like to being two podcasters I like who also have a late
night TV show.
MTV is launching *The Nikki & Sara Show*, a live comedy show
airing
Tuesdays. Here's a look at how these talented ladies got their
shot at
stardom.
Get More:
Nikki & Sara LIVE, Full Episodes

Is Canada's federal government losing its ties with the Canadian people?
Are Canadians become estranged from those who govern them? Two reports
from December, one by Environics, the other from Samara Canada, suggest
that Harper no longer governs but merely rules an increasingly unruly and
disdainful populace.
*"Not only is voter turnout decreasing, but every year fewer Canadians are
getting involved in other kinds of political activities, like joining or
donating to political parties, signing petitions
or attending protests. If nothing is done to reverse this disturbing trend,
t... more »

*Agency claims unfettered discretion in treatment of test subjects*
Washington Times
Steve Milloy
[image: Illustration EPA Human Experiments by Alexander Hunter for The
Washington Times]
The Obama Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says no law empowers any
judge to stop it from conducting illegal scientific experiments on seniors,
children and the sick.
That astounding assertion will be tested Friday, when a federal district
court in Alexandria decides whether it has jurisdiction to hear claims made
by the American Tradition Institute that EPA researchers are exposing
unwary a... more »

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces meeting with First Nations leadership
4 January 2013
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister
Stephen Harper today issued the following statement on a planned meeting
with a delegation of First Nations leaders coordinated by the Assembly
of First Nations:
"On January 24, 2012, I was pleased to participate in the historic
Crown-First Nations Gathering. On that

Corrupt
cops sentenced to house arrest, not jail, because the ordeal of being
investigated, tried, and convicted of corruption was difficult for them
and their families? I don't know, perhaps if the convicted had owned-up
to their crimes in the first place their families would not have been
put through a "catastrophic" 12 year ordeal. I fail to see how the
impact of long investigation and trial

Within days of the 9/11 terrorist attacks the FBI suspected American Muslim
cleric Anwar al-Awlaki had booked flights for the hijackers.
The reason for the flights remains unclear, but 9/11 Commission report
later noted that the hijackers had used flights in the run-up to the
attacks to test security and surveillance.
Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico, had become the lead figure for al-Qaeda
and the offshoot al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the years after Osama
bin Laden went into hiding.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257223/Radical-American-born-cleric-Anwar-al-Aw... more »

*"Obedience To Authority: Should We Trust The Government?" *
By James Quinn
"Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think they'll like this song?
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Ooh ah,
Mother, should I build the wall?
Mother, should I run for president?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
Ooh ah,
Is it just a waste of time?"
Pink Floyd, "Mother"
"The lyrics to "Mother" had both a literal and figurative meaning for Roger
Waters. He was literally describing his overprotective single mother (his... more »

Teachers scoring a 2.77 out of 5.0 on the new evaluation schemes
proliferating across the U.S. would face some extra "professional
development" to grind out some higher scores next year. If you are MA
superintendent getting that score, however, and if you have been one of Eli
Broad's "chosen" rock stars for the past decade, then you could find
yourself selected by the governor to become the chief ed official in your
state. Such is the fate of Matt Malone (Broad Class of 2003), who recently
escaped the likelihood of being canned by the Brockton School Committee
just in time to be ... more »

*"Coach, put me in!":* *"I'm not going to be coy, it's not anything I've
ever been good at. I've told the governor that I would now like, frankly,
to be a part of that." (I couldn't get the clip to embed, but you can view
it here.)*
*by Ken*
I saw some online link that referred to this as a "comeback" for Barney,
which seems pretty silly, since he doesn't have anything to come back from.
He wasn't pushed out of public office; he leapt. And while it's just a
caretaker role, until Massachusetts can organize a special election to
replace State-bound Sen. John Kerry, the idea of Barne... more »

As promised, this is my post announcing that we’ve sent an email out with
the ballot for the 2013 OAIS awards.We believe that we sent one to everyone
that requested one before the deadline, as well as to a list of people that
we generated internally. If you did not receive one and requested one,
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*"Congress Sells America Down the River to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff"*
by Peter Schiff
“In a disgraceful show of political expediency, Congress put its own
political self-interest ahead of the national interest. They “saved” us
from a contrived crisis of their own making, only to condem us to far more
horrific fate when the real crisis arrives. This one will come not because
we went over the fiscal cliff, but because we avoided doing so. Going over
the fiscal cliff merely represented a small downpayment on the solution. By
failing to make it, the ultimate price we will inevitably pay ... more »

*FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013*
*More competent leadership, please:* Without any question, liberals are
facing a possible world of hurt as the debt limit approaches again.
Somehow, liberals need to convince the public—and major elites—that the
GOP's plan to hold the debt limit hostage must be rejected.
Big Ed Schultz was worried about that topic last night. And he wanted our
help:
SCHULTZ (1/3/13): Get your cell phones out. I want to know what you think. *Tonight’s
question: Will the American people fall for the Republican lies about the
debt ceiling? *
Text A for yes, text B for no, t... more »

George
Osborne tax raid on child benefit was today torn apart by the
respected Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The think tank accused the Chancellor of ‘incoherence’ for linking state
help with raising children to the salary of the highest earner in a
family.
Affected families stand to lose an average of about £1,300 per year, it
warned with families with three or more children paying marginal tax
rates
of more than 65 per cent.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257083/Middle-class-families-face-paying-65-tax-rate-Osbornes-incoherent-clawback-child-benefit-IFS-warns.html

Argentinian protesters have burned The Sun and Union Jack in Buenos Aires
as Falkland Islanders wrote an open letter to the country's president.
Copies of the newspaper advert and the flag were torched at a cruise
terminal in the capital after British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected
calls for talks on the disputed territory.
http://news.sky.com/story/1033203/argentinians-burn-sun-in-row-over-falklands

A Japanese special envoy arrived in South Korea on Friday to continue talks
aimed at improving diplomatic relations between the two countries. Shortly
before the envoy's arrival at Gimpo International Airport a demonstration
was held in which one man, Lim Chang-geun, mimicked hari-kiri by stabbing
himself in the stomach. Relations between South Korea and Japan have been
strained by a territorial dispute over rocky outcroppings that Korea calls
Dokdo and Japan calls Takeshima and which both claim. "Before sending us an
envoy, Japan should have apologized before the international com... more »

This story is filed November 27th, 2012.
In rural areas, a common corruption allegation is that the relatives or
friends of powerful militia commanders are thrown into classrooms to
collect a teacher's salary -- despite being unqualified to teach.
There's NATO "nation-building" for you!
Hey!
Schools and health centres built by the British in Afghanistan as part of
the military's counter-insurgency strategy are being forced to close down
because President Karzai's government cannot afford to pay for them, the
Guardian has learned.
Do you suppose some of those schools are the one... more »

Harper DefMin, Peter MacKay, like a trained seal smacking its flippers,
constantly barks about the Lockheed F-35 being a "Fifth Generation" fighter
and, hence, oh so much superior to all the Gen 4.5-fighters on today's
market.
As *The Fifth Estate* noted in its expose on the stealth light bomber, the
"Fifth Generation" business was a term coined by Lockheed's marketing/PR
branch.
But if the F-35 is a 5th Gen warplane, it's very much a *Beta* issue. It's
prototypical, a complicated, hyper-expensive, gremlin-riddled, aerial
experiment that is still years away from its testing comp... more »

Scientists are hailing the discovery of a fist-sized meteorite from Mars,
as a way to possibly unlock vital clues about the evolution of the planet.
Nasa says the rock, nicknamed Black Beauty, could tell them how Mars
changed from the warm and wet place it once was to its current cold and dry
state.
Discovered in Morocco's Sahara Desert in 2011, the 320g (11oz) space rock
contains 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites and could be the
first to have originated on the planet's surface or crust.
http://news.sky.com/story/1033365/mars-meteorite-is-water-rich-black-beauty

At least four cats have died and up to 18 others are missing after a fire
broke out at a cattery.
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue service was called out in the early hours of
the morning to Pinetrees Cattery in Huntington, near Cannock.
Station manager Dermot Hogan said: "Firefighters arrived and found the
building well alight.
http://news.sky.com/story/1033401/animals-killed-as-fire-spreads-through-cattery

*FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013*
*Part 4—Familiar hemming and hawing:* Progressives have a crying need for
smart intellectual leaders.
Has any movement ever had its brains beaten out in so many ways for so many
years? Without its members so much as noticing—without its members even
being *encouraged* to notice?
Progressives and liberals have had their brains beaten on an array of
policy matters. One example: Did anyone ever step up to challenge the
decades of disinformation about the way Social Security works?
Actually, no—no one did! Compounding the injury, major Democratic
politicians... more »

In victory for Va., judge rules EPA can’t regulate storm water as
pollutant By
Corinne Reilly, Published: January 3 The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/in-victory-for-va-judge-rules-epa-cant-regulate-storm-water-as-pollutant/2013/01/03/aee92fc2-5613-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines[Excerpted]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority in
trying
to regulate storm water as it would a pollutant, a federal judge in
Alexandria ruled Thursday.
The decision, a victory for Fairfax County and Virginia Attorney General
... more »

The European Union has proposed a time and place for further talks on
Iran's nuclear program, but Iran has yet to respond, an EU spokesman said
on Friday.
Iran said earlier on Friday it had agreed to resume talks in January with
six major powers - represented by the EU - but the EU spokesman said Tehran
had not yet replied to proposals made on December 31.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/04/us-iran-nuclear-eu-idUSBRE9030DA20130104

The White House said on Friday it is vital for Congress to quickly resolve
future tax and spending feuds, and raise the U.S. borrowing authority to
avoid economic uncertainty.
"It is quite clear that the economy will be better if Congress does its job
and does what it routinely has done historically which is raise the debt
limit without problem," Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council
of Economic Advisers, said in an interview on Bloomberg television.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/04/us-usa-economy-whitehouse-idUSBRE9030JM20130104

*DARKNESS ABIDES: A TOUR OF HAUNTED STRUCTURES*
*By Scott Corrales*
Haunted houses run the gamut from Great Britain's Borley Rectory,
studied
in the early days of paranormal research by the legendary Harry Price,
to
lesser known places like Madrid's Palacio de Linares. However, there are
thousands of others that occupy the vast middle ground in between. The
ones
examined in this article belong in this category.
Mexico's rich and varied paranormal history (see *"Ghosts of Old
Mexico"*in the February 2000 issue of FATE) includes places in which the
shadows of
the past s... more »

[image: The sun glows through smoke haze at Lake Repulse, 80km north-west
of Hobart. Tasmania suffered its most severe fire day in years on 4 January
2013, with a record 41.8 degrees in Hobart, the highest temperature since
1881. Kim Foale / Sydney Morning Herald]
By Andrew Darby and Nick Ralston
5 January 2013
(Sydney Morning Herald) – AT LEAST 80 homes have been lost and one man is
feared killed by a bushfire that swept down onto the Tasmanian town of
Dunalley, less than 60 kilometres from Hobart, in catastrophic conditions.
The bushfire sent hundreds fleeing and was on Friday n... more »

I don't know why this only struck me this morning, I did mention it in a
post, in passing, but I think it really needs its own slot.
WE CAN REMEMBER IT FOR YOU, WHOLESALE is a short story by Philip K. Dick
first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in April 1966
and adapted for the screen in both 1990 and 2012. In the short story and
filsm, some random bloke goes to a 'virtual travel agent' where they
implant 'memories' of his trip to mars or whereever without him needing to
go there himself. A sort of cheaper version of doing a private James Bond.
This post isn't... more »

A dear friend announced last night that she would eat sushi tonight.
I told her, please do not eat sushi. So much of the seaweed on the market
is from Japan and Thailand. Japan has no centralized testing for its food
products. There is no evidence that the US has increased testing of
Japanese imports; in fact, the opposite may be true (standards may have
been loosened).
Fukushima poses an immediate and deadly threat to flora and fauna in thePacific Ocean.
See map of Fukushima radiation contamination at Woods Hole oceanographic
institute
https://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=67796&tid=... more »

*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 1.4.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"The Fiscal Cliff turned into a can kick on tax policy. Yes, they averted
some nasty tax increases for many Americans, but there were zero spending
cuts. In fact, the legislation added $4 trillion in debt!!! I’d say
President Obama won round one, but not by much. I have to give a little
credit to Democrats and Republicans for the compromise, but this is still
the “blame game theater.” Now, Republicans are going to demand cuts and
hold the debt ceiling over the President’s head. This is going to be much
nastier tha... more »

*Stephen Harper has an extremely bullying approach towards issues. In his
arrogance, he believed that he could merely change Treaties that exist
between Canada and the First Nations by sweeping legislative changes hidden
inside a massive Omnibus Bill.*
*
**He is wrong ... on all accounts.*
*
**Canada is a signatory to numerous Treaties with other nations. Not the
least of which are the treaties that exist between Canada and the First
Nations who originally owned the land that we now call The Dominion of
Canada. *
*
**Canada signed treaties with First Nations peoples recognizing them... more »

*My set of posts featuring all my new projects and organizations systems
start on Monday. I am so excited. I have made some huge FREE changes. I
just realized the other day that not a single piece of furniture in my
living room is the same and I didn't pay for any of them! Until then please
enjoy a post about one of my favorite places. *
My husband and I LOVE home shows. There is something about walking among
all the things that could be in our home that gets his brain working and
makes me a little giddy. I had the opportunity to go up to Salt Lake City
for a preview of the Salt L... more »

Police discover more bones inside chamber of horrors at Jersey ...
"Seeing as this is a numbers game, please urge at least one other person
(or many others) to sign this petition... It will make all the difference.
So long as the UK bars me from entering the country, its free press is not
guaranteed and the safety of its children remains in question. But as long
as this group grows, it shows it cannot and will not be silenced.
"With your help, I will see my visa restored in 2013.
"All the best – and happy holidays."
Leah
*Restore the visa of banned journalist Leah McGrath Goodman... more »

While the Obama administration sets out to eviscerate the gun rights of
American citizens in the aftermath of Sandy Hook, earlier this week it was
announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded a company a
contract worth over $45,000 dollars to provide the DHS with 200,000 more
rounds of bullets.
This new purchase adds to the staggering figure of 1.6 billion rounds of
ammunition already secured by the DHS over the last 9 months alone.
A solicitation originally posted on the FedBizOpps.gov website on December
17 on behalf of the DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Ce... more »

(first let's set up the mood with a little crowd awards ceremony applause,
and picture maybe Alec Baldwin & Angelina Jolie & Matt Damon behind the
podium opening the nominee envelopes)
<
...and here we go! The nominees for *CRISIS ACTORS* Lifetime Achievement
Awards are:
*Nurse Nayirah* in: SADDAM INCUBATOR BABIES. Her *faked testimony* got us
into the first Iraq Gulf War under GHW Bush (hat tip to the PR firm *Hill &
Knowlton*):
*The Harley Guy* in: *STRUCTURAL FAILURE DUE TO FIRE*. This "random guy on
the street" had it all figured out, even though it took scientists a... more »

Richard Kahlenberg’s “From All Walks of Life, New Hope for School
Integration,” updates the evidence in favor of socio-economic integration
as the best single way to improve outcomes for poor children. He also
gives reason for measured hope that it can be expanded, perhaps replacing
failed test-driven attempts to improve poor schools. I remain unconvinced,
however, that Kahlenberg’s wisdom will be scaled up.
Kahlenberg summarizes research explaining that socio-economic integration
works because it involves all three of the essential factors of effective
schools. Low-income studen... more »

David Cameron today rejected the idea of Britain becoming a second class
member of the European Union, insisting he would not give up his place at
the Brussels ‘table’.
The Prime Minister gave his biggest hint yet that he will use his imminent
speech on Europe to rebuff calls from many in the Tory party for a radical
change in the UK’s membership of the EU.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257047/We-dont-want-end-like-Norway-Cameron-warns-refuses-Britains-seat-EUs-table.html
Norway - *Norway’s strong, oil-fueled economy looks set to stay that way in
2013, according to the co... more »

This is a guest post by Peter S. Henne. Peter is a doctoral candidate at
Georgetown University. He formerly worked as a national security
consultant. His research focuses on terrorism and religious conflict; he
has also written on the role of faith in US foreign policy. During
2012-2013 he will be a fellow at the Miller
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Is the tide turning on the idea of austerity? Philip Pilkington takes issue
with this week’s New York Times feature story on how well the Latvians are
enduring austerity. The IMF thinks Latvia has gone too far. Last week, IMF
Director Christine Legarde warned Germany to go slower in making cuts. And,
yesterday, it (the
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I came to the conclusion very shortly after the Sandy Hook shooting was
reported over the Jewish controlled MSM that it was all a massive
psy-ops. We all have watched as the Mainstream media brought out some
very bad actors to play the parts of the victims' "parents", as well as
officials that kept changing their stories. It does seem now that this was
a contrived episode for the sole purpose of brainwashing the already dumbed
down American public into accepting horrific gun control legislation and a
repeal of the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution.
I have received some very pu... more »

Have you heard about Line 9?
Enbridge has begun a process that would create a third option to get their
dirty tarsands oil out of Alberta to sell to the rest of the world. The
Keystone XL pipeline would stretch from Alberta to Nebraska. (Gee, what
could go wrong?) The Northern Gateway pipeline would see, impossibly, huge
supertankers threading through the rocky, island-dotted British Columbia
coast. (Another no-brainer.)
Under this third plan, Enbridge would reverse the flow in two existing
pipelines - Line 9 and the Portland-Montreal Line. Oil would flow from
Alberta through Sar... more »

[image: Thousands of shark fins drying in the sun cover the roof of a
factory building in Hong Kong on 2 January 2013. Shark poachers have moved
the shark fins to secluded rooftops instead of sidewalks – as they have
done in the past – to avoid public anger. Antony Dickson / AFP / Getty
Images]
Hong Kong, 3 January 2013 (AFP) – Hong Kong conservationists expressed
outrage Thursday after images emerged of a factory rooftop covered in
thousands of freshly sliced shark fins, as they called for curbs on the
"barbaric" trade.
The southern Chinese city is one of the world's biggest m... more »

Egypt's Chief Public Prosecutor Talaat Ibrahim has ordered an investigation
in an accusation against the Muslim Brotherhood of receiving 10 billion
Egyptian pounds from the United States, asking for the sources of the
Brotherhood's money to be revealed.
The prosecutor referred the complaint to the state security prosecution to
investigate it.
The two plaintiffs claimed that the United States granted the Brotherhood
the money illegally to back its interests in the region.
Mitt Romney, who lost to Obama in November, had made similar accusations
during his campaign.
http://allafrica.... more »

Happy Birthday to Dave Foley, 50.
A bit of good stuff:
1. Kevin Drum, anti-platinum coin.
2.But there's a White House petition for one now.
3. Norm Ornstein talked to Greg Sargent about the Speaker vote.
4. But Politico's Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan have the prize photo from
what really wasn't much of a revolt, much less a coup.
5. And I don't really agree with John Tabin's attempt to place DS9 on a
liberal/conservative scale, but I'm always up for a good appreciation of
that underappreciated series.

That’s what Forbes claims in an article that’s generating much mirth in
academic social-media circles. University professors have a lot less stress
than most of us. Unless they teach summer school, they are off between May
and September and they enjoy long breaks during the school year, including
a month over Christmas and New Year’s and another chunk of
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Lebanon, now a haven for 170,000 Syrians fleeing civil war, has asked
foreign donors for $180 million to help care for them and said it will
register and recognize refugees after a year-long hiatus.
The Beirut government has officially sought to "dissociate" itself from the
21-month-old struggle in Syria, nervous about the destabilizing impact of
the increasingly sectarian conflict in its bigger neighbor on its own
delicate communal balance.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/04/us-syria-crisis-lebanon-refugees-idUSBRE9030GO20130104

US senators have demanded to know what the CIA told the makers of a
controversial film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden about the use of
torture.
Zero Dark Thirty shows an al Qaeda figure undergoing waterboarding, which
simulates near-drowning, and other similar interrogation techniques before
eventually providing information that helps ultimately track down Bin Laden.
However, a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the CIA's
detainee programme has previously concluded that such methods produced no
useful intelligence.
http://news.sky.com/story/1033244/zero-dark-thirt... more »

Sorry about the lack of posts this week. The year may be new, but it's
already getting old. I can't remember ever feeling so overwhelmed. At least
the last Congress is history, the lame duck session particularly having
been overrun by the one of the most bizarre bunch of political quacks in
recent memory. Some of them are back, their feathers ruffled, for another
paddle in the scummy Washington pond. F-bomb boy Boehner with cheek of tan
is still around, though having barely squeaked through for a new stint as
the Weeper Speaker.
The new year promises more of the same old, same old w... more »

The names and photographs of last year’s top tax cheats have been made
public as part of the Government’s efforts to crack down on evasion.
The 32 criminals have been sentenced to a combined 155 years and 10 months
behind bars, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said.
The move to publish their details is designed to shame tax cheats.
http://news.sky.com/story/1033239/tax-cheats-hmrc-publishes-names-and-photos

Yesterday Kentucky activists and union leaders rallied in front of the Gene
Snyder U.S. Courthouse & Customhouse building in downtown Louisville to
bring to public attention the findings of a new Public Campaign Action Fund
report that links McConnell’s unprecedented strategy of obstruction in the
Senate and his campaign donations from corporations benefiting from such
gridlock. The events was organized by the Kentucky AFL-CIO, Progress
Kentucky, Communications Workers of America IUE-CWA Local 761, and Common
Cause Kentucky.
The Public Campaign report, which asserts that “Kentucki... more »

The British government are selling four...
The four frigates are the HMS Chatham, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Cumberland and
HMS Cornwall. All will be available for viewing from 25 February to 15
March 2013, Monday to Friday.
I wonder how stringent the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and other
vetting process will be?

*In search of justice – Summary of an international law case in Finland*
by Jukka Davidsson - jukka.davidsson@pp.armas.fi
Finland, as so many other countries in Europe as well as in Asia,
experienced a devastating economical collapse in the 1990’s. This writer
has been researching the event privately and in the Uppsala University,
Sweden. The summary presented here is only a superficial scratch of the
very complex case. Only main events, outcomes together with the legal
analysis will be presented. The huge amount of victims should finally get
justice.
This is a story of a countr... more »

There's an allegory that is popular among lawyers called the allegory of
the river. [1]
In this allegory, people find themselves near a river and confronted with a
stream of babies floating helplessly by in the current. Many begin
frantically to wade into the rushing water, saving as many babies as
possible.
Then one walks away. The others are stunned and ask why this one person is
abandoning the mission to rescue the babies floating down the river.
The one walking away says, "I am going upstream to find who is throwing the
babies in and stop them."
•
If David Coleman found himse... more »

As Theresa Spence's hunger strike continues, Stephen Harper remains
silent.
But his acolytes have had plenty to say. Christie Blatchford and John
Ivisonhave brushed aside Spence's demand for a meeting with the prime
minister.
Still, Stephen Harper has remained tight lipped -- except for one throw
away line in his New Year's Message about how his government "continued
to
strengthen First Nation relationships in 2012." Michael Harris writes:
In Robert Bolt’s great play *A Man for all Seasons*, the prosecutor asks
the jury a question about Thomas More’s unspoken opinion of the
king’s... more »

Last year I did pretty well with my predictions. Here’s what I see on the
horizon for 2013.
*1. Even More Active NLRB*
With zero Republicans left, the possibility of gridlock is nil. We’ve seen
a very active NLRB on issues involving non-union workplaces. Look for
stepped up activity against employers on social media restrictions,
attempts to suppress worker concerted activities and lopsided agreements.
NLRB will do what other government agencies have punted on: help employees.
*2. EEOC Will Start Stepping Up*
Not to be outdone by NLRB, EEOC will become more active as well. This yea... more »

A gunman went door-to-door near the Philippine capital of Manila on Friday,
opening fire and killing at least nine people in his neighborhood,
authorities said.
The attacker, Ronald Bae, injured several others in Kawit, said Joseph
Camaret, a local police officer. The town is about 20 kilometers south of
central Manila.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/04/world/asia/philippines-shooting/?hpt=ias_c2

Link: http://youtu.be/cpWHJDLsqTU
My grain of salt to it: this is going to hurt Microsoft... If this
'all-in-one' (interconnected) concept succeeds is another subject. What if
power fails after a storm or a disaster? What if the local infrastructure
isn't capable to handle this, or the Cloud breaks down or is vastly changed
due to new regulations?
John

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is still suffering a "severe" respiratory
infection that has hindered his breathing as he struggles to recover from
cancer surgery in Cuba, the government said on Thursday.
The 58-year-old socialist leader has not been seen in public nor heard from
in more than three weeks. Officials say he is in delicate condition after
his fourth operation in just 18 months for an undisclosed form of cancer in
his pelvic area.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/04/hugo-chavez-severe-lung-infection

One in five people in Scotland may have been hit by norovirus in the past
year, according to new figures.
The high number of cases has led to hospitals across the country having to
close wards to new admissions.
A total of 2,824 cases of norovirus - also known as the winter vomiting bug
- were confirmed by laboratories in Scotland in the past 12 months.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20903489

China shut the website of a leading pro-reform magazine on Friday,
apparently because it ran an article calling for political reform and
constitutional government, sensitive topics for the ruling Communist Party
which brooks no dissent.
"Yanhuang Chunqiu" (China Through the Ages) is an influential Beijing
magazine that features essays from reformist retired officials.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/04/us-china-media-idUSBRE90308K20130104

In Europe, we have a federal government comprised of fake Socialists in the
service of International Finance. These commissars of political
correctness are duplicated through the bureaucracy of government in every
country. In the UK, the liberals and Marxists infest every level of the
civil service, public services and government administration (including the
indoctrination of the next generation in the school system). Having
completely taken over every branch of the State, the greatest coup of the
enemy has been to so bamboozle elements of the resistance, that people who
should... more »

Australians are sweltering through one of the worst heatwaves for years,
with temperatures well above 40C in some places.
Much of the country will be on alert for bushfires this weekend as
temperatures reach record levels.
Adelaide in southern Australia registered a top temperature of 45C (113
Fahrenheit) on Friday, its fourth-hottest day on record.
http://news.sky.com/story/1033251/australia-heatwave-leads-to-bushfire-alert

The Relationship Between Psychotropic Drugs, Mental Illness, and Violent
Crimes
Agriculture Society, 3 January 2013
Anti-depressants are a much-too-commonly taken drug, prescribed by doctors
to many people in our population for a variety of issues not exclusive to
the diagnosis “depression”. Their prevalence is not only common, but the
numbers of people taking them are on the rise. I hear about children and
adults I know, or someone else I know who knows them who are prescribed
medications for anti-depressants on a regular basis.
According to the The National Center for Healt... more »

http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/01/to-hell-with-crayons.html?m=1
Thursday, 3 January 2013
*To hell with Crayons*
I have a shit load of stuff that I want to tell you, and unfortunately
barely any time- I'm seriously swamped right now. I've read the 56 comments
on the recorded conversation that I posted earlier today, and I want you
all to know that I hear you. Loud. And. Clear.
D's time of being a good girl and sitting quietly in the corner colouring
has just come to an end.
I'm done with the bullshit. I'm done with the controllers- including those
that have been c... more »

There are unconfirmed reports that one person has died as out of control
bushfires rage across parts of Tasmania destroying homes and businesses.
Extreme fires are burning at Forcett, Bicheno and Lake Repulse and a number
of communities are being affected.
Police have received reports that one man has died while defending his home
during the Forcett blaze, and at least 65 homes and businesses have been
lost.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/local/tas/a/-/local/15763148/live-blog-fires-rage-across-tasmania/

In a singularly bizarre attack, a naked 20-year-old man was shot in the
foot early Wednesday after he broke into a Miami backyard and began choking
the owner’s Rottweiler, the Miami Herald reported.
Jeffery Delice hopped a fence into the Miami backyard and began choking the
dog, whose yelps alerted the owner. The owner grabbed a gun and rushed into
the backyard.
Delice than began attacking and biting the dog’s owner, who shot him once
in the foot — which didn’t compel Delice to stop the attack, according to
the Herald. The homeowner reportedly had to pin down the wounded Jeffery
D... more »

Iranian officials have instructed residents of Isfahan to leave the city,
renewing concerns that a nearby nuclear site could be leaking radioactive
material.
An edict issued Wednesday by Iranian authorities orders Isfahan’s
one-and-a-half million people to leave the city “because pollution has now
reached emergency levels,” the BBC reported.
However, outside observers suspect that the evacuation order may
corroborate previous reports indicating that a uranium enrichment facility
near Isfahan had been leaking radioactive material.
http://freebeacon.com/iran-to-citizens-flee-isfahan/

Numerous Events Throughout President Obama’s First Term Have Been Patently
Exploited to Destroy the Second Amendment “Under the Radar”
It should be painfully obvious that the gun grabbers — including the likes
of President Obama, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Vice President Joe Biden,
among many others — are not responding to the Newtown, Connecticut school
shooting alone, but are using that terrible tragedy to implement a gun
control agenda they have long ago planned, waiting for the right timing to
achieve their aims.
Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s first Chief of Staff, famously said “You n... more »

A homeowner in Sacramento is being treated for non life threatening wounds
after successfully fighting off 3 armed home invaders who tried to attack
his home last night.
The homeowner grabbed a weapon after 3 armed men tried to break into the
home, and opened fire.
The homeowner was shot by one of the suspects, but he managed to shoot all
3 suspects. One of the shot suspects died at the scene and the other 2 are
being detained by police as they try to figure out exactly what happened.
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/01/ca-homeowner-shoots-and-kills-armed-home-invader-wound... more »

*by Len Hart, the Existentialist Cowboy*
I once spent several hours with a famous witness to the murder of JFK
---Rosemary Willis, often called the little girl in the red dress. She is
easy to spot in the Zapruder films, running along the south side of Elm
street just ahead of her father, Phil Willis. Phil Willis was taking 35mm
slide films of the motorcade. Rosemary is seen running ahead and, suddenly,
stopping! Rosemary showed me her father's slides and a double-page
center-spread from one of the Willis photos depicting the Grassy Knoll.
Her father's photos had appeared in Look M... more »

MNN: CANADA AT WAR, OKA 1990
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
CANADA AT WAR: OKA 1990
MNN. Jan. 3, 2013. Truth prevailed and only we can control our
destiny. Dekanawida instructed us to transform war into peace, to bring
everyone to one mind. We are telling Prime Minister Harper and his
invading soldiers and police to refute the New

As the potential of the housing market shakes on its affiliation, depositor
tries to resolve their next giant budge. Now, distinct any time in the last
more than a few years, that choice is a tough one to build. Sinking house
costs, towering foreclosures and growing list residences on the market may
be sufficient to prevent depositors from luring out their amount. The
altering souk, yet, does not of necessity mean it's time to skip
distribute. On the other hand, it does require the shareholder pay nearer
thought to his or her next payment. The subsequent are some points that can
dec... more »

By Manifesto Joe
The past couple of months haven't been good ones for Weeper of the House
John "Orange Julius" Boehner. His party lost the presidential election, and
he couldn't even deliver his own caucus for "Plan B" to solve the so-called
fiscal cliff predicament.
Then, last Friday afternoon, according to witnesses, Orange Julius told
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, "Go f--k yourself." Not once, but twice.
(I don't know why I sanitized the word, as I have used it unsanitized a few
times before. Perhaps it's the context.)
This man is, presumably, the highest-ranking official i... more »

*The BBC's Terry Nutkins.*
"Terry Nutkins did not just pinch my bottom, he subjected me to a period of
sexual harassment culminating in a serious sexual assault, all of this
while I was a school kid working in the summer holidays."
Terry Nutkins dead
Terry Nutkins was born in London.
TV star Terry Nutkins, at the age of 11, went to live with Gavin Maxwell,
author of* Ring of Bright Water.*
*
*Gavin Maxwell became his legal guardian in order that Nutkins could stay
with him."
Maxwell left everything he owned to Nutkins.
*
*
*Site of Ring of Bright Water.*
*
*Maxwell was the grands... more »

This BBC article blames Israel for the 'blockade' of Gaza and includes this
line in a prominent position:
'Human rights groups have said Israel's measures are tantamount to
collective punishment against Palestinians in Gaza.'
If you read to the very end of the article, and most people won't. It is
obvious that on news sites most people read the headline and sub-headline
and maybe what appears on the first screen as they view it, a minority read
on. If you do make it to the end of the article you read this:
'The relaxation came a day after Egypt also eased its own restrictions,
all... more »

*From: deryl@*
*Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:46 PM*
*To: heatheranntuccijarrafllc@*
*Cc: Heather Tucci-Jarraf*
*Subject: Follow up on phone call.*
Hello Heather,
This is just a quick follow up to my phone call of last week. How may I
be of assistance
Background.
I was conducting an investigation for the Defense of Canada for
NDHQlooking into terrorist activities. A posting I was due to be at
last fall.
I learned a long time ago to "follow the money". Amazing what you
find.
Its nice to see my conclusions fall in line with your findings. I
turned
my evidence o... more »

The BBC report the news from the largely Islamic state of Indonesia that:
'A city in the Indonesian province of Aceh which follows Sharia has ordered
female passengers not to straddle motorbikes behind male drivers.
Suaidi Yahya, mayor of Lhokseumawe, says it aims to save people's "morals
and behaviours".
Leaflets have been sent out to government offices and residents to inform
them about the regulation.
Aceh is the only Indonesian province that follows Sharia.
Under the new regulation, the mayor says that women passengers are only
allowed to sit "side-saddle" because straddling t... more »

Bob Haldeman, the president's chief of staff, had been on vacation and had
little or no contact with the president from December 22 through January 2.
On the 3rd, he was back in the Oval Office. His diary says it was a three
hour meeting and he lists several things, but not Watergate...but the tape
shows a great follow-up to yesterday's meeting between Chuck Colson and
Nixon.
--
Haldeman: [...] There was more to his [Colson's] involvement in some of
this stuff than I realized.
President Nixon: Really?
Haldeman: Yes.
President Nixon: Which part?
Haldeman: Watergate.
President Ni... more »

now this is *intriguing*... thanks to Sanri for the tip.
You gotta ask what a female reverend is doing analysing global heat trends
but Free Planet is glad this lady's *on the case*. During her presentation,
Rev Michelle Hopkins keeps mentioning, "TTAs and the SPACE FENCE," two
terms I've never personally come across before.
She mentions the TTA 'we gave to Israel' and "Islands with obscurements,"
is another of her favourite terms.

*Off-topic paragraph:* Today, we celebrate 370 years from the birth of Isaac
Newton, arguably the brightest scientist ever. He was born on January 4th,
1643 (New System: it's December 25th, 1642, in the Old System). He was the
founder of classical physics (and, in fact, physics in the modern sense),
the universal law of gravitation, co-inventor of calculus, the discoverer
of lots of mathematical methods, laws in optics, and so on. He was also a
reliable executioner of counterfeiters and a devout Christian whose literal
belief in the Bible and in the existence of the Holy Spirit perme... more »

now, this is a strange synchronicity one: the other night, inspired by my HC
Unit-conceit that memories might have a geographical basis (where due to
'googlin' our actual memories are being digitally stolen from us
and reconstructed on some secure server at Google or Bing or Yahoo in a
demonstration of 'if you don't use it, you lost it'
neglected-neuronic-pathways-are-erased fashion), I went on an 'astral
travel' back to 37 Elizabeth Road Haydock. Not as it must look today, but
as it must have looked back then in the 1980's when I lived there with my
Aunty.
I mean, Astral Travel - ... more »

As I have posted before, I will tackle specific UFO reports if they add
something. This one is particularly important. First off, Udo had his
encounter long before UFO's ever became public. This means no cultural
contamination. Secondly, Udo was a prospector and that makes him a highly
skilled observer who knows not to trust his memory and to make detailed
notes immediately. I consider prospectors to be the true scientists out
there and it is certainly part of my scientific education.
That is why this particular report is so good. He did not miss a thing and
asked the rig... more »

Let me see. We have 5000 linked events in which the spate of mass
killings fit nicely in the third standard deviation in terms of a cause and
effect relationship. If I recall correctly, alcohol abuse will likely also
fit nicely into such a scenario except as it takes much longer and the
effect is much weaker. It could well be that SSRI accelerates the effect.
Another aspect of SSRI's that has not gained any coverage is that some
side effects are persistent long after discontinuance. I am bringing this
little morsel up for those who have been exposed to these drugs and are
... more »

This certainly tightens up the linkage to the Siberian Traps in providing
an explanation for the Permian Extinction. A near continuous influx of
nickel rich ash would be feasible here. More work needs to be done to
tighten this up but it certainly looks good.
One thing that has not happened in human history is a serious flood basalt
that is regional in scope. However, what is operating in Hawaii may in fact
be as good as it actually gets. It may need a massive impact to make a
serious difference. I would like to see a convincing study of these events
that explains how the... more »

Unfortunately, it is politically incorrect to address the issue of
expanding wild population of traditional prey species. As we cannot rightly
tolerate a return of the predator prey cycle as we ourselves would soon
become prey and the cycle itself is horribly inefficient with huge swings
of boom and bust, it will become necessary to apply real husbandry.
In the case of the wild horse, that means an annual drive to corral a
portion of the herds while applying selection and disease treatment
protocols. This provides an annual source of horse protein that may be
handled in ... more »

I called into *Freedomizer Radio* on Thursday, January 3rd to discuss the
PSYOP aspects of 9/11 and the recent Sandy Hook "shooting". Brian Staveley
of *The Real News Online* was the guest. Sorry for the lame picture guys, I
didn't have the time or energy to put other photos with this audio clip.
The entire 7 minutes is worth listening to though, especially the end when
I bring up the Jew factor.

Imagine the millions we can scoop up from the foolish and the intoxicated!
Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith extemporizes on the advantages of using
gambling to subsidize billionaires. Below: Drugstore and hockey billionaire
Daryl Katz; former Wildrose candidate Pastor Alan Hunsperger. It was almost
a relief yesterday when Danielle Smith, leader of Alberta’s right-wing
Wildrose Opposition, ... more »

One of the pieces of legislation we will see duplicated across the United
States by ALEC members this year will be:
Attorney General Authority Act
The State Attorney General currently is there to protect YOU AND ME from
the abuses of corporations.
Not if ALEC legislators have their way!
ALEC corporations don’t want the Attorney General to protect us - it cuts
into their profits when they have to pay up for abuses to the citizens of a
state.
So ALEC has introduced the Attorney General Authority Act
for ALEC corporate profit sector members - the public would not want thi... more »

I have previously explained why Jordan is the true Palestinian state,
here's some flags to assist you in understanding this
One's Jordan, the other the Palestinian Territories - can you tell which?
Does it really matter?

*By MARC McDONALD*
The critical adulation that greets every new movie by Quentin Tarantino is
a sad commentary on our culture. Tarantino is an overrated hack who does
nothing more than rip off ideas from vastly superior directors from Europe
and Asia. He then waters down these ideas and re-works them into movies
that are infinitely inferior to the originals.
Tarantino is hailed as a "daring" and "radical" filmmaker, when in fact his
slick, commercial movies are about as daring and radical as a cup of
Starbucks coffee.
*Django Unchained*, the latest Tarantino film, is receiving univ... more »

Three hand grenades were found in a bin at Walt Disney World in Florida
last night.
A cleaner made the discovery when he was emptying trash containers at the
Downtown Disney area around 7.30pm on Wednesday.
The area where the grenades were found was reported to be a staff-only
parking lot at the shopping and entertainment district.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256753/Three-GRENADES-Disney-World-parking-lot-janitor.html

Detectives hunting a cashpoint con gang have released CCTV stills of
suspects after they struck again.
The group has been seeking out elderly victims in Manchester city centre,
hovering around them to watch the PIN number being typed in before claiming
there is a problem with the machine.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256674/Pictured-Cashpoint-gang-preying-elderly-spying-PIN-numbers-stealing-cards.html

Small firms are being frozen out of the £80billion attempt to kick-start
lending, the Bank of England warned yesterday.
Despite being the backbone of the economy and a major employer, they are
not benefiting from the scheme the Bank is running with the Government.
The first major analysis into the ‘Funding for Lending’ initiative does
show, however, that *it has ‘significantly’ increased funding for large
firms* and homeowners wanting a mortgage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256923/80bn-lifeline-STILL-helping-small-firms-frozen-attempt-kick-start-economy.html

A police investigator was missing after being abducted in the
militia-ridden Libyan city of Benghazi, police said on Thursday, but tests
on a charred body showed it was not his.
The corpse charred with hydrochloric acid and found in the Buhmeida
district was not that of the missing Captain Abdel-Salam al-Mahdawi, head
of the city's criminal investigation unit, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/03/us-libya-police-idUSBRE9020N820130103

*Wandering Joy: Meister Eckhart's Mystical Philosophy *
Watch: *Bernard McGinn on Meister Eckhart (1260 -- 1327, C.E.)*. The
embedding feature was disabled so I couldn't post the video here. There are
some minor sound problems but you can still make out the words. It's well
worth your time and attention.
"Bernard McGinn is a professor emeritus at the Divinity School of
the University of Chicago and the author of several books, including *Early
Christian Mystics*, *The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism*, *Meister
Eckhart: The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing*, and *The Mystic... more »

Effectively affirming the concerns of five much-maligned Republican House
members and the evidence presented in an investigative book, an Egyptian
magazine claims six American Muslim leaders who work with the Obama
administration are Muslim Brotherhood operatives who have significant
influence on U.S. policy.
Egypt’s Rose El-Youssef magazine, in a Dec. 22 story, said the six men
turned the White House “from a position hostile to Islamic groups and
organizations in the world to the largest and most important supporter of
the Muslim Brotherhood.”
The Egyptian article was translated ... more »

At least nine people were killed when a car bomb exploded in the Syrian
capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday amid
reports of furious combat raging around a major airport and a military
airbase in the north of the country.
Many people were seriously wounded in the car-bomb attack in a northern
Damascus neighbourhood, and the death toll may climb, the group's director
Rami Abdel Rahmane told AFP.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/RestOfAsia/Nine-dead-in-Damascus-car-bomb-amid-rebel-push/Article1-984729.aspx

Hundreds of ducks in Takmung village, Klungkung regency, Bali, have died
suddenly, with avian flu suspected as the cause.
I Wayan Sudia, a duck breeder in Takmung village, said he had lost hundreds
of his ducks.
“Laboratory reports show my ducks were infected by bird flu,” I Wayan Sudia
told reporters on Thursday as reported by Antara news agency. “The symptoms
included cloudy eyes and seizures,” he added.
http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/01/04/bird-flu-wipes-out-hundreds-ducks-bali.html

Seven vehicles were buried under a landslide at Persiaran Putra Bahagia,
500 metres from the Putra Heights Police Station, Subang Jaya, this evening.
Nevertheless, the eight people in the vehicles, five cars, a van and a
motorcycle, were reported safe. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department,
assistant director (Operations) Mohd Sani Harul said, the route experienced
mud flood from the landslide in Bukit Cermin, where a project to build
semi-detached houses was taking place.
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/7-vehicles-buried-by-landslide-in-subang-jaya-1.195962

A manhole in Kalamazoo has overflowed, causing the streets to flood with
gallons of raw sewage.
An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of sewage overflowed from the manhole
located on Maple Street.
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Services was contacted regarding the
situation at about 1:00 p.m. on Thursday.
http://fox17online.com/2013/01/03/manhole-overflows-gallons-of-sewage-flood-streets/

TWO air ambulances were scrambled to a village in North Yorkshire this
afternoon after reports of a bridge collapsing leaving two people in flood
waters.
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the Great North Air Ambulance were called
to High Askew near the village of Cropton on the North York Moors.
The two people rescued, believed to be members of a shooting party, were
flown to James Cook University Hospital.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/two-rescued-after-bridge-collapses-in-north-yorkshire-1-5274921

The list of Cypress Health Region long term care facilities where visiting
restrictions are in place has grown to three, with the Palliser Regional
Care Centre, the Swift Current Care Centre and the Gull Lake Care Centre
all under 'outbreak' situations.
An outbreak was declared at the Palliser Regional Care Centre on Wednesday
after 13 residents of the long-term care facility became ill with what has
been identified as Influenza A.
The outbreak status at the Gull Lake Special Care Centre was issued early
Thursday following the outbreak of an unidentified enteric illness. Two
reside... more »

RESCUERS have evacuated the last of 1200 skiers trapped by strong winds a
day earlier on the slopes of a resort in the Spanish Pyrenees.
Winds gusting up to 110km/h forced the Panticosa ski resort to stop the
ski-lifts on Wednesday afternoon, stranding holidaymakers on the mountain.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/rescuers-evacuate-1200-skiers-in-spain/story-e6frfkui-1226547412137

PEOPLE
are being urged to take extra care at cliff edges after a landslide
along the coast.
A slab of grass and earth, measuring around 15ft by 15ft, tumbled down a
cliff on the north side of Tynemouth Priory and landed below on the
south
side of King Edward’s Bay.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/tynemouth/2013/01/02/coastal-landslide-safety-warning-after-tynemouth-cliff-collapses-72703-32534360/

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